The country of Columbia blocked two deportation flights this morning in protest of the mass deportations by President Trump.

Trump then directed his administration to impose 25% tariffs to begin with and to increase them to 50% soon. He also said they were imposing a travel ban along with other punishments, which you can read in Trump’s Truth Social post today:

I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures:

-Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.

-A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.

-Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.

-Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.

-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.

These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!

It was just reported a few minutes ago that Columbia has already caved and will now accept the repatriation flights to the US. In a letter from Columbia’s socialist government, they write (via Google Translate):

This is fantastic. Trump isn’t messing around at all. This is what he promised he’d do and we see that it’s completely effective. And the rest of the world just saw this and it will cause most of them to fall in line as well.

Trump just posted this photo on his Instagram account, which I believe is a response to Columbia caving:

 
Below is the full letter from Columbia in Spanish: